Morales gets probation for stealing purse

2:53 PM,
Feb. 11, 2014

Andres Morales

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Action Reporter Media Staff

A Lomira resident convicted of felony theft from a person was sentenced to four years of probation Monday by Fond du Lac County Circuit Court Judge Gary Sharpe.

Andres Morales, 21, of 956 Elm St., was convicted of snatching a purse from a woman who was walking from a parking lot into Younkers Department Store at Forest Mall on May 28, 2013. The woman said she was on the sidewalk when a man approached from behind and grabbed the purse from her right arm and ran east away from the mall.

"This was a brazen criminal act for our community to experience," Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney said. ...